The developer of the €80m Cork event centre has been told to either pay, or enter into an agreement with Cork City Council in relation to a contribution of just over €2.3m in development charges for the project.

There has been a cautious welcome to the Taoiseach’s confirmation of “state funding certainty” to finally deliver the stalled €80m Cork event centre.

Developers BAM intends to deal quickly with a request for an environmental report on the stalled Cork event centre fuelling fading hopes that the project is still alive.

Simon Coveney said today that efforts are ongoing to bring clarity to the funding

Plans have been lodged for a €30m indoor sport and exhibition centre west of Cork City as work continues to resolve State-aid funding issues blighting the city’s larger event centre project.

Despite the fact work has not yet started on the events venue, the key players insist the project will eventually reach fruition, writes Eoin English

The government is working on a solution to kickstart construction on the stalled Cork event centre, the Taoiseach has insisted.

The Taoiseach has admitted that the 2016 pre-election sod turning on the stalled Cork event centre was a mistake.

Research commissioned by the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) said Government had to match the level of private investment in tourism in the regions post-Brexit.

Investment in public transport is vital if Cork is to avoid crippling traffic congestion like that in Dublin, the Cork Business Association (CBA) has warned.

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Questions over how to fund the proposed events centre in Cork has left the project in limbo and the city still waiting for its first curtain call, writes Eoin English.

Cork City Council has turned down plans to add 40 bedrooms to a student accommodation development already under construction at a city centre former brewery site.

A young woman was put in fear when a stranger approached her saying she was a beautiful angel sent from God and when another woman intervened the man called her a slut and spat in her face.

The campaign to stop an incinerator being built in Cork Harbour is stepping up a notch as efforts get under way to raise awareness in Cork City and to get companies to pledge financial support towards the cost of a judicial review.

The unprecedented growth of student accommodation in Cork City over the past two years has raised concerns.

The developers of Cork’s proposed €73m events centre have again insisted work will begin on site by the end of this year, despite no agreement yet on a funding deal.

A delivery van driver made an impromptu decision to pick up 18 bottles of spirits for himself from a cage in a loading bay — and yesterday he was sentenced to four months for theft.

North and South Main Streets, Cork

There have been renewed calls for Cork’s stalled €72m events centre project to be scrapped following confirmation that an alternative could be built within weeks for a fraction of the cost.

Concerns have been expressed about a scaling back of heritage space in a landmark building earmarked for regeneration on a site in the medieval heart of Cork.

The mother of a teenager with autism complained in court yesterday that mental health services for her son were shabby.

Crunch talks are set to take place this week in a bid to save the controversial Cork events centre project.

A 1,000-year-old perfectly preserved Viking sword has been found by archaeologists at the historic site of the former Beamish and Crawford brewery in Cork City.

A taxi driver was caught around the neck by a backseat passenger who held a broken bottle to his neck, it was alleged yesterday during a bail application by the accused man.

Michael Twomey may be best known for Cha and Miah, but his reflections on over 70 years in Cork theatre include some incredible history, writes Jo Kerrigan

With many abandoned businesses, Youghal in Co Cork has suffered more than most towns, but now plans are being made to boost the area’s fortunes writes Christy Parker

Owners of two of Cork’s best-known nightclubs have lodged appeals against a decision to grant planning for student apartments on the former Beamish and Crawford site.

The developers behind Cork’s stalled €53m events centre have insisted they are totally committed to the project, which they say has now reached a critical point.

Planners have sought clarification from developers on their proposals to build more student apartments on the former Beamish and Crawford site in Cork City.

The former head of Beamish and Crawford has become the latest person to voice public fears about the future of the stalled €53m Cork event centre project on the former brewery site.

Calls are mounting for a public statement from the developers of Cork’s stalled event centre, amid renewed reassurances that the project is still on track.

A government minister has defended the pre-election sod turning on the stalled €53m Cork event centre despite no building work on site four months on.

Co-working has become an attractive alternative to traditional offices, but entrepreneurs say that there is a need for development of the practice in Cork City.

Family members of some of the heroes of 1916 are expected to attend a special wreath-laying ceremony at the National Monument on Grand Parade in Cork on Easter Monday.

Demolition work on the site of Cork’s proposed €53m events and conference centre is expected to begin after Easter.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has hit back at suggestions that the Taoiseach’s sod turning on the €53m Cork events centre site on Friday before final contracts are signed is an election stunt.

The daughter of a man whose body was recovered from the River Lee yesterday, almost a month after he was reported missing, has issued an emotional thank you to all who helped in the search.